
Thrive Not Just Survive XXVIII – Beat the Bureaucrats and Restore the Joy in Medicine
February 22 @ 1:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Join us on February 22, 2019
& Dinner: Politics and Your Practice 2019
Register for Workshop or Register for Dinner OnlyWorkshop Information: Beat the Middlemen and Bureaucrats Interfering in Patient Care and Impeding Your Ability to Practice Medicine the Right Way! *SPECIAL FOR NEW MEMBERS-Save $100
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Faculty
Phil Eskew, DO, JD, MBA
DPCFrontier.com
Dara Grieger, MD
Resident PGY-2, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Jane Orient, MD
AAPS Executive Director
Representative Matt Shaheen
Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD
AAPS President
Sheila Page, DO
President, TxAAPS
Katarina Lindley, DO
Eagle Medical Center, Brock Texas
Larry Huntoon, MD, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
Ray Page, DO, PhD
The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
Andrew Schlafly, Esq.
AAPS General Counsel
Esther M. Corrigan, M.D, M.Ed.
Medical Doctors Union
The event will include updates and discussion on the fight to end MOC.
Agenda [draft]
Noon Registration opens
1:15 to 3:15pm
SECTION I – Outmaneuvering Insurance Bureaucrats
Insurers, PBMs, and government payers are increasingly playing doctor while refusing to pay actual doctors fair fees. Strategies for kicking third-party bureaucrats out of the exam room will be featured in this section.
Overcoming Insurer Discrimination Against Physicians and their Patients
Andrew Schlafly, JDCuring MACRA Madness: What you Need to Know about Medicare’s MIPS, APMs
Ray Page, DO, PhDBeating Insurers by Saying Goodbye to Them- Direct Patient Care Legal Update
Phil Eskew, DO, JD, MBADPC in Texas and In-Office Dispensing Reform
Katarina Lindley, DO
3:30pm to 4:45pm
SECTION II – Successfully Navigating the Hospital Minefield
Hospitals are becoming danger zones for both patients and the physicians trying to care for them. Learn strategies doctors can implement to position themselves and their patients for survival and healing in the hospital setting.
Mid-levels in Hospitals (and other settings): What physicians need to know and what they can do to protect high-quality patient care.
Dara Grieger, MDIs Unionizing a Viable Option for Employed Physicians?
Esther Corrigan, MDSham Peer Review: Fighting Back When Hospital Administrators Attack Good Physicians
Lawrence Huntoon, MD, PhD
4:45pm to 5:30pm
SECTION III – The Medical Board
You’ve outwitted the insurance company and hospital bureaucrats? Whom else do you need to be prepared to fend off? The state medical board.
Mistakes to Avoid when the Medical Board Knocks on your Door
Andrew Schlafly, JDProtecting Physician Due Process Rights When Facing the Medical Board
Sheila Page, DO
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Section IV – Politics and Your Practice 2019
Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD – AAPS President
Jane Orient, MD – AAPS Executive Director
Rep. Matt Shaheen
Andrew Schlafly, JD – AAPS General Counsel